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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Mon Apr 22, 2013, 05:36 PM Apr 2013

Joe Walsh Calls For Profiling ‘Young Muslim Men’

PEMA LEVY 5:11 PM EDT, MONDAY APRIL 22, 2013
Former Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) argued Monday for racial profiling of "young Muslim men" in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings, including adding profiling to the United States' immigration process.

"We're at war, and this country got a stark reminder last week again that we're at war," Walsh said to host Martin Bashir during an appearance on MSNBC. "And not only should we take a pause, Martin, when it comes to immigration, we need to begin profiling who our enemy is in this war: young muslim men,"

"The fact is, Martin, neither you or I or Jonathan knows of the 11 million, and it's more than 11 million, how many are bad characters," Walsh continued, addressing Bashir and fellow guest, columnist Jonathan Alter. "And what we're going to do is replicate what we did in '86, provide amnesty to all of them, which in essence is providing legal status to a lot of bad characters. You know, Martin, there's also a piece of this legislation that bans our law enforcement officials of profiling. We need to profile even when it comes to our immigration policy. These two guys weren't just losers. They were part of radical islam. They were radicalized," Walsh said of the alleged Boston Marathon bombers.

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Joe Walsh Calls For Profiling ‘Young Muslim Men’ (Original Post) DonViejo Apr 2013 OP
Several DUers were calling for this kind of thing Nye Bevan Apr 2013 #1
I call for profiling dead beat dads malaise Apr 2013 #2
My thoughts also, dead beat dads who run for offices left like himself. A man who does not Thinkingabout Apr 2013 #5
His 15 minutes are up. City Lights Apr 2013 #3
So what do we do with all the home-grown "bad characters"? VanillaRhapsody Apr 2013 #4
And he wonders why he's an EX-congressman... Archae Apr 2013 #6
Can we start profiling bad politicians? SummerSnow Apr 2013 #7

Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts)
1. Several DUers were calling for this kind of thing
Mon Apr 22, 2013, 05:42 PM
Apr 2013

when they thought the bombers were Tea Party tax-protesting types.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022682335

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malaise

(268,993 posts)
2. I call for profiling dead beat dads
Mon Apr 22, 2013, 05:42 PM
Apr 2013

who are ReTHUG hypocrites and suckers at government tits while screaming against said government.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
5. My thoughts also, dead beat dads who run for offices left like himself. A man who does not
Mon Apr 22, 2013, 06:06 PM
Apr 2013

Support his children needs to be in prison.

City Lights

(25,171 posts)
3. His 15 minutes are up.
Mon Apr 22, 2013, 05:49 PM
Apr 2013

Why is he still be interviewed? He was a clown out of the starting gate. I just don't get why he's still given airtime.

 

VanillaRhapsody

(21,115 posts)
4. So what do we do with all the home-grown "bad characters"?
Mon Apr 22, 2013, 06:03 PM
Apr 2013

Eric Rudolph, Jared Lee Loughner and Timothy McViegh for example?

So according to this guy....we CAN eliminate some bad characters and that makes us safer...but somehow regulating some guns...will NOT make us safer....

These people make no sense whatsoever!

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